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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Mahasatipatthãna Sutta

While the Buddha was sojourning through
the market town known as Kammãsa dhamma, in the Kuru country, he addressed the
Bhikkhus thus, "Bhikkhus, this is the one and only way for the
purification (of the minds) of beings, for overcoming sorrow and lamentation,
for the complete destruction of (physical) pain and (mental) distress, for
attainment of the noble (ariya) Magga, and for the realization of Nibbãna. That
(only way) is the practice of the four methods of steadfast Mindfulness
(Satipatthãna)."

These four Methods of steadfast
Mindfulness are the contemplation of the body, contemplation of feeling
(sensation), contemplation of the mind, and contemplation of the Dhamma, with
constant awareness.

Kãyãnupassanã (awareness of the Body) : Here the Bhikkhu
should either go to a forest, or beneath a tree, or to an empty, solitary place
and then sit cross-legged, keeping the body erect, and the mind alert and
awake. With constant awareness he inhales and with constant awareness he
exhales. This process is called Anãpãna-Sati.

Again he should be fully aware when he
is walking, sitting down, and standing up. Whatever position he is in, he
should be constantly aware of it, as it is.

Again he should constantly be aware when
he advances. He should be aware when he looks straight or sideways. He should
be fully aware when he contracts or straightens his arms and legs. He should be
constantly aware while defecating and urinating. In walking, standing up,
sitting down, lying, awakening from sleep, in talking, in keeping silent, and
doing such things, he should be fully aware of what he is doing.read more

He should further observe the body as
full of filth from the soles of the feet to the hair of the head, from the skin
of the head to the soles of the feet, along with the whole body containing hair
of the head, hair of the body, nails, teeth, etc.

Again he should observe the body exactly
as it is composed of different elements such as earth element, water element,
fire element and air element.

Also he meditates on the corpses lying
discarded on the cremation ground, one day old, two days old, three days old,
swollen, turning blue, festering and rotting, and thinks thus, "This body
of mine, too, is of the same nature, it will surely become like that; it cannot
escape such a fate."

In
this way the practising Bhikkhu dwells meditating on the body with the
awareness of the corpse.

Vedãnupassanã (Awareness of the Feeling)
: The
Bhikkhu, when experiencing a pleasant sensation, realizes that he is
experiencing a pleasant sensation. In the same way he remains thoroughly
realizing unpleasant sensation or sensations neither pleasant nor unpleasant.
Thus the alert Bhikkhu dwells on, freed from craving and wrong insight.

Cittãnupassanã (Awareness of Mind) : The practising
Bhikkhu, when there is a passion in the mind, should know it as such. When the
mind is freed from passion he should know it as such. In the same way, when the
mind is in a liberated state he should know it as such.

Dhammãnupassanã (Awareness of the Dhamma)
: The
Bhikkhu should realize and experience the nature of the Dhamma such as
the five obstacles, the five sensorial aggregates, the twelve sense-organs, the
seven factors of Enlightenment and the Four Noble Truths.

These are the four Methods of
Mindfulness. By practicing them, the practitioner is sure to attain, in this
very life, the fruit of Arhatship (the ultimate fruit or stage of liberation,
summum bonum) or, in the event that there is some clinging (upãdãna) remaining
he is sure to attain the third Fruit of Non-Returner, (no more to be born in
this world). This is the Buddha's declaration.

The
Majjhimanikaya also contains in brief a similar discourse on steadfast
Mindfulness.

Tipitaka Mingun Sayadawgyi

Mahagandarum Sayadaw Ashin Janaka

Pa Auk Sayadawgyi

VEN.PUNNAVAMSA (Ph.D Thesis)

VEN.PUNNAVAMSA (M.A)

Nothing Life Essential

No man is essential in this very life;And no being is not essential in this very life;Between the two is nothing stars;Who you are giving in this very life;Then who thy’re taking in this very life;The twice are nothing stars,Nothing is the end of life essential.

Composed By Rev.Punnavamsa

တကၠသုိလ္ျမတ္မင္း

Disciplines of the rule of mathod as following items

1. Beautiful mind is first2. The Discipline is second3. Healthy is third4. Cleaning is fourth5. Preparing clothe is fifth6. Clearly dwelling is sixth7. Ability to talk well is seventh8. Following rule is eight9. Rule of discipline is nine10. Education is ten

If you are following the rule and regulation, they will be high of great in this world.